Festooning machine for carrying paper and fabrics



.Hume 24, 1924. 1,499,134

w. H. WALDRON FESTOONING MACHINE FOR CARRYING PAPER ND FABRICS Filed Aug. l1. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 24, 1924.4 W. H. WALDRON FESTOONING MACHINE FOR CARRYING PAPER AND FABRICS Filed Aug. 11, 1923 y 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 srras PATENT FFCE.

1 Het? H. WALDRDN, 0F NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, SSIGNOB, BY MESNE OR-POBATION, F NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW

Application ed August 11, 1999. Serial No. 656,971.

T o all wko/m t may concern.:

Be it mown that LWumAi/i H. Wawnon,

a Acitizen o the` United States residin in New Brunswick, Middlesex Jersey, have invented certain improvements .in Festooniirig Machines for Cariying Paper and Fabrics, of which the fo owing .is a ecication.

t invention relates to certain improvements in means for turning sticks used in supporting lcontinuous sheet of paper, or continuous fabrics, in festoons in drying inachines. "The invention cant-also be used for supporting arns lin d eilig machines, where it is desire to turn t e sticks. i

The object of my invention is to provide a means for .turning the sticks as they are traversed through the machine.

This object l attain. in the following manner, reference bein had to the accompanyin drawings, in w ich:

ig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of suiiicient of a festooning machine for drying paper and fabrics to illustrate my invention;

Fig. 2 is' a detached side view showing-a portion of the track carrying chain and the stick turner;

g Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3- '3,

Fig` 2; F yig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4,

Fi 5 is a perspective view of the turnlg. 6 is a perspective view lof one end of one of the sticks; and v Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view showing the action of the turning device.

Referri to the drawings, 1 is one of the longitudine rails of' a festoonin machine. 2 is a carrier strip on which t e chain 3 travels. This chain carries the sticks 4 in the ordinary manner. 5 is a guard rail, which is? located beyond the ends of the sticks. 6 is a conveyer having lugs 7, w engage the sticks that are placed in 'position to enga e the fabric aas it comes from the roll. T is conveyer carries the sticks up to the chain 3 and forms the loops of the material, as shown clearly in Fig. 1;

The previous description refers 'to the ordinary iestooning machine used in drying er or fabrics.

y improved device for the sticks ounty, ew l hichl' bear the marks ofthe sticks.

consists of an idr-shaped block 9, having a slot 10 through which extends a pin 11 on an arm 12, loosel mounted on a stud 13 secured to an adjustable bearing 14 by a set screw 15. The bearing is slotted at 16. Extending through each of the slots is a clampscrew Y17, which is threaded into an opening in the upturned portion 18 of a bracket 19, which, in turn, isv secured adjustably to a frame 20 that is secured to one of the rails l byl clamp screws 21 and 22,

Fig, 3. 4

he bracket'19 is slotted at 23. Extending through the slots 23 are screws 24. Extending through a lug 25 at the lower end of the frame are set screws 26. On turning these screws, the bracket 19 can be raised or'lowered. By the construction scribed, the block 9 is brought into proper alignment with the sticks 4. The block 9 is made as shown in Fig. 5, and is recessed hereinbeifore de- A at each side, as shown at 27. The edges of the recesses are beveled, as clearly' shown in- Fig. 5, so as to permit the sticks to enter the recesses. Each end of Aeach stick 4 is -shaped as shown in Fig. 6 so as tov form fiat surfaces 28, which pass into one of the recesses, and, as a lstick is traversed through the drier, it enters one of the recees, as shown at b, Fig. 7 As the movement continues, the block 9 turns on its pivot and the arm 12 is also turned in order to raise Y the block, as at c. d designates the block at its (greatest height, and a artly turned stick irectly underv the blocp. e denotes the position of the blockv as a stick is leaving the block after it has made almost a complete revolution. f denotes a stick. leaving the block, the blockbemg in position to receive another stick as it moves forward,

the stick having been turned one-half a revolution.

In some classesof goods, which are damp, or wet, if the goods remain in the same position on the sticks until dry, thel goods When the sticks are turned over durin operation, the material is shi ted, and the marking of the goods by the sticks. is prevented. v

It will be understood that there is one of the these turning devices at each side of the machine.` Insome of the machines, there may be a number of these devices, according to the length of travel of the sticks through the drying apparatus.

This invention can also be applied to dyeing machines, in which hanks of yarn are suspended from sticks. ltlis desirable in dyeing certain classes of yarn that the sticks be turned in order to insure uniform dyeing of the yarn.

ll claim:

l. rlhe combination of two tracks; chains arranged to travel on the tracks; sticks having `flattened portions at each end and mounted on the chains so as to move therewith; two brackets, one at each side of the machine; an arm pivotally hung from each bracket; and a block carried by each arm,r each block being recessed at opposite sides, the recesses being in the path of the sticks so that each stick, as it moves for ward, will enter one of the recesses in the blocks and will be turned by the blocks without retarding theforward movement.

2. The combination of two tracks; a chain arranged to travel on each track; sticks having flattened portions at each end resting on the tracks; a verticall adjustable bracket secured at each side o the machine adjacent the tracks; a stud adjustably mounted on the brackets; an arm loosely mounted on the stud; a pin on the arm; and a block having a slot therein to receive the pin, said block being recessed at each side, the block being in the path of the sticks as they are traversed through the machine so that the sticks will enter the recesses and will be turned by the blocks as they move forward. i 

